Web-Companion "Essential EU Law in Charts" 4th ed 2018
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Dear Reader of "Essential EU Law in Charts, 4th edition, 2018". Please take note of the following updates and corrigenda:
Update | p. 80
In the 3rd box, entitled “The other Members of the European Parliament (MEP), 2009-2014”, the title must read:
The other Members of the European Parliament (MEP), 2019-2024
and the second last paragraph, reading “* Following Brexit (see Chart2/27), it is planned that some of the UK seats will be given to underrepresented Member States; the rest will be available for possible EU enlargement.” must be replaced with:
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* With regard to Brexit, the Council adopted a decision on the future composition of the European Parliament; Decision 2018/937.
[…]
The box in the 4th row must read:
Political groups in the European Parliament
The MEPs sit in political groups (fractions), based on their chosen political affiliation. There are currently eight political groups:
- Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE);
- Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) (EPP);
- Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D);
- Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance (Verts/ALE);
- The European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR);
- Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL);
- Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group (EFD);
- Europe of Nations and Freedom Group (EFN).